The bumblebees of North China (Apidae, Bombus Latreille)
Author
An, Jiandong
Author
Huang, Jiaxing
Author
Shao, Youquan
Author
Zhang, Shiwen
Author
Wang, Biao
Author
Liu, Xinyu
Author
Wu, Jie
Author
Williams, Paul H.
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Zootaxa
2014
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journal article
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61.
Bombus
(
Bombus
)
lucorum
(Linnaeus)
(
Figs 124, 125
)
APIS lucorum
Linnaeus, 1761
:425
.
Taxonomy
. Revised by
Williams
et al.
(2012b)
. This species has been much confused with
B. cryptarum
and
B. longipennis
. The species is difficult to distinguish reliably from
B. cryptarum
in particular except from COI barcodes.
Material examined.
2 workers
(IAB).
Distribution in North
China
.
Rare at low elevations of the Moerdaoga forest park, the transition zone between the Hulunbeir grassland and the Great Khingan mountains forests, and at low elevations of the Nenjiang river valley in the northeast of Neimenggu. 2 localities (
Fig. 124
) between
419–649 m
(IAB).
Similar species in North
China
. This species is very similar in its yellow-banded colour pattern to
B. longipennis
and
B. cryptarum
(see the key;
Figs 123
,
125
,
133
).
Distribution in
China
.
Neimenggu, Xinjiang (IAB).
Forage plants.
No records.